Quote:
Originally Posted by Tenigma
I grew up in Hawaii. He's vacationing there but he's also visiting his grandma, who's rather old and he wanted to visit while he had a chance. Hawaii may be portrayed as exotic by the visitors' bureau but trust me, it's a lot like Southern California. It's a STATE. We speak English, we use American dollars. You don't need a passport to go there.
|
Exactly. And just a couple of months ago, we started wearing shoes in Hawai'i.
(Honestly, though, I had someone ask me if everyone wore slippers (flip-flops) in Hawai'i and not shoes.)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tenigma
Let's not get started about flying. Bush didn't have to go to Beijing (and in fact it's not traditional for a sitting US president to go to the Olympics) but W seems to be on a permanent vacation now that he's a total lame duck.
|
And also there was that whole Mission Accomplished flight suit stunt. That was a waste of money. And Bush did go on month long vacations...